The author tries to ignore those facts and pretends Gates was arrested in his home.
These articles are written to reinforce the mistaken understanding people have of a situation. A reader who is inclined to dislike the police anyway will take this article and run with it. The facts of a case have little effect on how those who hate whitey and especially the whitey policeman, feel about the case.
I am appalled by the absolute hate I am hearing in the voices of those calling talk shows since this started. As someone pointed out around here yesterday, we are simply starting to reap the harvest that 30 plus years of a government supported, union run school system has sown.
Heard a caller this morning who teaches in a school that has a large Muslim student body. She says not only will they not say the pledge of allegiance, they refuse to stand while others say it. She was reported to the Diversity officer because she wouldn’t say anything nice about Muslims when she was teaching about the recent acts of piracy.
I don’t think we’ve even begun to understand the depth of hatred there is for us and our country in a lot of today’s population. They are not here to become a part of America, but rather to destroy it in favor of their beliefs.